Eric, a football fanatic postman whose life is descending into crisis, receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Éric Cantona.
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★★★★★
From 'Cathy Come Home' to 'Kes through to 'Raining Stones' to 'The Wind That Shakes The Barley' the constant element of a Ken Loach film is striking realism. Everything is so natural, so ordinary that you stop looking at a story unfold on a big screen but look...
★★★★★
The recent World Cup in South Africa brought everyone's attention to soccer (which most of the world calls football), but movies such as "Bend It Like Beckham" and "Looking for Eric" show why we should pay more attention to it. The Fall's Steve Evets plays dow...
★★★★★
I went to see this film as a colleague said it was good. I pretty much had no other idea what it was when I entered the theater.
The story is well narrated, put together in the "show not tell" method. You figure it out as you go along.
I found it fascinating...
★★★★★
The concept of a downtrodden man getting his life back on track has been done many times before, but Ken Loach has managed to put a unique spin on it, as well as imbuing it with a lot of pathos.
Having Eric Cantona in a main role puts this film in a unique po...
★★★★★
Don't believe a word of the hype. Looking for Eric is not a Ken Loach comedy. It is, in several places, a very funny film indeed. But it is not a comedy. At a far fetched push you might call it a rom-com or a social satire. Me? I just think it's another brilli...
